cat/kitten

[palms1]

There may be some of you out there who think it is good of us to post photo's for you to play with, well this one is different
Basicaly i adore the face of the cat but what ever technique i have tried initialy high key ( i know dream on with that background ) or a sketch nothing has turned out ok, i cant make a good selection, there is a lot of noise on the kitten or the background etc etc etc and to be quite frank it is driving me loopy and unfortunately she wont strike the same pose for me to try and get a better photo
so i am being selfish and posting it to maybe drive you all the same

Palms

[Drach]

I might do some changes tomorrow (late here already), but I couldn't resist to post what I've done so far (in Artrage2 ofcourse ).

Best viewed from some distance

Edit: Removed the update cause I really wasn't satisfied with it after looking at it over and over again..

Edit: Out of sheer lazyness I mixed my first painting with the overdone second painting in Photoshop. The result looks quite interesting imho..

[Kraellin]

palms, try a horizontal crop. and thanks for posting it

did this starting with a usm layer at 3 radius, 112 strength. then impressionist-old masters preset. then ran the Art script in psp 10. set some blend modes and backed off one layer.

craig

[palms1]

I knew this photo would turn out good in the right hands
Drach you have created a lovely feel of simplicity look forward to any changes please post them seperate so this one stays as it is (was it art rage ? bet you love it )
Craig superb ( it gets better the bigger you see it ) the texture is great
really like these posts so far
Well after starting this thread i had a go at this effect not sure of it and not where i originaly intended to go, but at least after 100's ( well almost) attempts at something it is something ?

Palms

[patriciakay]

Lovely kitty photo Palms....yours???

Like your cubism picture...I did one somewhere else and enjoyed the experience...will do more i think...

Drach....Be happy with your painting......its good...

Craig....This ones a nice painting...think the heavier texture suits it!

I did mine in Photoshop CS2, first i cropped a little,ran a sketch action and then brought the color back with the ahb....used Flaming Pears Aetherize to brighten it up some! frame is an action...i cant remember where i got it from so i can zip it to anyone who would like it...its called X frame...

Patricia....

[Kraellin]

thanks, palms i hadnt played with impressionist in a while.

and yours is an interesting effect. what were the steps? (roughly. dont need the whole workflow)

craig

[Kraellin]

nice, patricia. is that the same frame action i commented on in the other thread? i do like that drop shadow effect on it.

craig

[Swampy]

Cute kitty! (That coming from someone who is not really fond of cats..LOL)

Soft blurs and smudges on the kitty and then painted back eyes, whiskers, nose details with the history brush.

Selected the background with Select Color Range and softened with a Lens Blur.

Marquee selected the "photo" area of kitty, rotated and added a white stroke. Created the background with Render->Fabric filter.

[Gary Richardson]

Not a cat lover myself, but this picture was too cute, had to have a go.

[patriciakay]

Craig it is the same frame but its an action for Photoshop...will have a look on the net and see if i can find one for PSP...when i have a mo...Thanks for your comment...

Swampy...Again an imaginative look...very nice...

Gary...Nicely detailed and framed picture...

Patricia...

[palms1]

Drach like the update just as much had a look at it with a white border that looked good

Patricia nice post the cat belongs to my nephew and there were 5 kittens but only one for the photograph

Craig just select a square of your photo paste to new layer and do what you want to it regarding colour texture etc then use the transform tool ( not sure what it is in psp) to skew it etc.

Swampy yep that is one cute face which stands out with your interpretaion cool background as well ,

Gary nice version quite serene

Thanks everyone great results
Palms

[Janet Petty]

I'm a cat lover and couldn't resist. Cute cat. Lot's of personality.

[palms1]

Great job Janet you done miles better than me on the selection

Palms

[Janet Petty]

Thank you Palms. However, there was very little selection to it. And the only things officially selected were the whiskers at the top of the photo because they were a mess. They were selected from the blue channel.

Janet

[Kraellin]

thanks, palms

thanks, patricia. no need to look. i can probably do something similar in filter forge and if not currently, then i can probably make one

craig